Minor MLB Transactions: 6/23/16

The Rays have acquired outfielder Eury Perez from the Astros, per an announcement from Tampa Bay’s Triple-A affiliate. Cash considerations will go back to Houston in the deal. Perez, 26, received a career-high 133 plate appearances last year with the Braves, slashing .269/.331/.303 and swiping three bags. The speedy center fielder does bring value with the glove and on the bases, though, so he is at least a useful depth piece. Tampa Bay has dealt with a variety of injuries at the major league level, and was obviously looking to fill out its roster at Durham and ensure that it has options on hand. Perez owns a .267/.298/.385 batting line with nine steals in his 146 plate appearances at Triple-A this year.

Southpaw Darin Gorski has joined the Mets on a minor league deal, per an announcement from his independent league club, the Somerset Patriots. (Hat tip to Mike Ashmore of mycentraljersey.com.) The 28-year-old will head to Triple-A Las Vegas, which is where he spent last season. He moved to the indy ranks after putting up 137 innings of 5.52 ERA pitching there in 2015, with 7.1 K/9 against 4.5 BB/9. Those peripherals look about the same over his 60 1/3 frames for Somerset this year, though Gorski has tamped down the earned runs to under four per nine. New York originally selected him in the seventh round of the 2009 draft; this will mark his eighth season with the organization.

San Francisco Giants minor league pitcher, left-hander Braulio Lara, 27 years of age, just agreed to terms with the KBO league team SK Wyverns just today. The announced contract was said to be on a one-year deal worth at an estimated 264 million South Korean Won (230,000 USD). (Source: m.inews24.com/view.php?g_serial=964538&g_menu…)

Eury is a good bench piece– I have liked him since his days in Washigton. He is a contact singles hitter who has very, very good speed. Plus, defensively, he’s at least average and if he drew more walks he could be a solid player. Tampa is a good landing spot for him and I hope they give him an opportunity.